A project to make Appleby and Penrith leisure centres more energy efficient and sustainable has recently completed.
Westmorland and Furness Council carried out the work, thanks to funding from Sport England’s Swimming Pool Support Fund.
At Penrith Leisure Centre, roofing repairs were carried out and additional solar panels were installed to help generate clean energy on-site.
The council said the panels would reduce carbon emissions and operational costs.
Both centres have had triple glazing installed in the swimming pool windows.
Phase two of the upgrade programme will begin this autumn at Appleby Leisure Centre, with solar panels being installed thanks to the Swimming Pool Support Fund and an air source heat pump funded through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.
Barrow Park Leisure Centre has also benefited from a Sport England funded pool cover to reduce heat loss overnight from the pool. Further decarbonisation work is also in the pipeline, with planning applications submitted for rooftop solar panels and an air source heat pump.
Kendal Leisure Centre has received further Public Sector Decarbonisation funding, with work planned to improve energy performance, the council added.
